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• Per Aspera Ad Astra: ITMO.STARS Contest Results

  …developed a mobile robotic platform, Daniil Nechaev, the winner of the World Robot Olympiad 2017, and Alexander Leader, the winner of the First Tech Challenge (FTC) and Asia Pacific robotics competitions. It is important to note that ITMO.STARS winners will study like the rest of the students: the university treats all students equally. Having successfully com…

  07.08.2018

• Vacation With a Purpose: Science Tourism and Citizen Science

  …special training. Thousands of amateur researchers from all over the world partake in these kinds of activities. The involvement of such people often helps scientists reach specific goals as amateurs in different parts of the planet help gather massive amounts of data, and the most involved can even help analyze it. Julia Lorke, a specialist in science communication …

  06.08.2018

• Science Communicator Fred Balvert: 'For a Journalist, Geniuine Interest Matters More Than Knowledge'

  …at,” but even that isn’t a good idea. Only a doctor can give medical advice. It’s also important to be unbiased within the scientific community. If you become attached to a specific scientific opinion, you’ll be unable to see that there is other research in the field, and no opinion is ever absolute. You should always remember the basic principles of science communic…

  06.08.2018

• Celebrate Your Birthday Like a Russian

  … It’s all part of the game. Most people wouldn’t expect anything grand and would appreciate a thoughtful gift, including something handmade. Gifting money, especially for a specific purpose, is also appropriate. If in doubt, buy flowers and sign a card with a sweet message. Remember the smoked sturgeon and the effort Varya was ready to put in? Food is basicall…

  06.08.2018

• Academic Writing at ITMO University

  …ying the more complex issues that have to do with stylistics. Workshops The workshops conducted by lecturers from the Foreign Languages Department focus on specific topics, such as writing motivation letters, CVs, and other accompanying documents, as well as training in particular sections of English grammar and preparing presentations. On the who…

  02.08.2018

• Go Green in the City: ITMO Team Wins Regional Stage of Eco-Friendly Competition

  …e the participants with full freedom of action. For instance, for the No Boundaries task, the participants had to propose a solution for reducing energy waste in cities, no specifications given. Other tasks required them to create digital products to improve urban ecology, or use IoT and cybersecurity tech to improve the quality of urban environments. The Schneide…

  31.07.2018

• ITMO Students Study Monodzukuri at Kindai University

  … a series of lectures on living in Japan by an Australian professor who moved to this country. In their free time, Andrei and Ivan went to Tokyo, Kyoto, and the coast of the Pacific. In the end of their visit, they presented the results of their work to the university’s experts. “The Japanese are a very friendly and responsive people. They really work a lot,…

  27.07.2018

• 4th International Conference on the Periodic Table endorsed by IUPAC and UNESCO

  … and terminology. As one of its major activities, IUPAC develops recommendations in order to establish unambiguous, uniform, and consistent nomenclature and terminology for specific scientific fields. The recommendations are published in Pure and Applied Chemistry (PAC) Journal. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has officially endorsed the 4th …

  26.07.2018

• Drink (Mineral) Water like a Russian

  …um," which is not a mental asylum but a spa where you could supposedly improve your health by drinking water from the local springs. My grandma used to restock her wardrobe specifically for those trips. Fast forward to today, and you’ll find “stolovaya” (regular drinking) and “lechebnaya” (medicinal) water, which will vary in mineral content and contain from less …

  22.07.2018

• ITMO Graduates Participate in School of Science Journalism in Erice

  … of gravity waves, new stars, development of the most powerful free-electron laser and other key topics of modern science from top scientists. Media lectures focused on the specifics of science communicators’ work and its different formats. For example, one of the lecturers spoke about searching for real life stories behind science journalism which he tries to tell i…

  20.07.2018